wiþ

See also: with, wið, wiþ-, with-, and wįð

Middle English

Alternative forms

with

Etymology

From Old English wiþ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wiθ/, /wið/

Preposition

wiþ

with

Descendants

English: with, wi
Scots: wi
Yola: wee, wie, wi, wi', w', wough

References

“with, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old English

Alternative forms

ƿiþ

Etymology

Probably a shortening of a Germanic preposition represented by Old English wiþer, from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”). Cognate with Old Frisian with, Old Saxon with, Old Norse við.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wiθ/

Preposition

wiþ

Descendants

Middle English: wiþ, with
- English: with, wi
- Scots: wi
- Yola: wee, wie, wi, wi', w', wough

Adverb

wiþ

with it; together; therewith

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